European Parliament Rejects Simplified Sustainability Requirements

European Parliament rejects simplified sustainability requirements

Lawmakers rejected part of a simplification package, as the centrist majority was defeated by nine votes

Lawmakers vote to delay final negotiations on sustainability Omnibus

Rejection opens door for further amendments to be made to European Parliament’s negotiating position on simplification package

Omnibus Sustainability: What happens after defeat in the European Parliament

A narrow majority of 318 to 309 MEPs rejected the compromise from the Legal Affairs Committee. This means that the European Parliament will have to vote again in November. And the trilogue cannot start yet.

MEPs to vote on simplified sustainability and due diligence rules in November

On 22 October 2025, the European Parliament rejected the negotiating mandate proposed by the Legal Affairs Committee on the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal to reduce the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. Following the rejection and in line with Rule 72(3) of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, MEPs will vote on amendments to the file at the upcomin…

Strasbourg: The European Parliament resoundingly rejects the EPP's bland compromise on Green Due Diligence. Centrists in crisis. - Economic Scenarios

The European Parliament never disappoints when it comes to complicating matters, especially when, at least in theory, it seeks to simplify them. The much-discussed "omnibus" law, designed to streamline (or so it was claimed) sustainability and corporate due diligence regulations, has been defeated in the Strasbourg chamber. In a secret ballot, the majority rejected the negotiating mandate that had been painstakingly agreed upon in committee just…